Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Warm Yoigloo’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Chrysanthemum  plant named ‘Warm Yoigloo’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; duplex-type inflorescences with obovate-shaped ray florets; orange bronze-colored ray florets; and natural season flowering about September 17 th  in the Northern Hemisphere.

Botanical designation: Chrysanthemum×morifolium.

Cultivar denomination: ‘WARM YOIGLOO’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium, commercially grown as a perennial garden Chrysanthemum and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Warm Yoigloo’.

The objective of the breeding program is to create new perennial garden-type Chrysanthemum cultivars having inflorescences with desirable inflorescence forms, attractive florets colors and good garden performance.

The new Chrysanthemum originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in December, 2000, in Salinas, Calif. of a proprietary seedling selection of Chrysanthemum×morifolium identified as code number 95-L464005, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with the Chrysanthemum×morifolium cultivar Mei Kyo, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Chrysanthemum was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Alva, Fla. in October, 2001. The selection of this plant was based on its desirable inflorescence color and good form and substance.

Asexual reproduction of the new Chrysanthemum by vegetative cuttings was first conducted in Alva, Fla. in January, 2002. Asexual reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new Chrysanthemum are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the cultivar Warm Yoigloo have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and light intensity, without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Warm Yoigloo’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Warm Yoigloo’ as a new and distinct garden Chrysanthemum cultivar:

-   -   1. Upright, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit.     -   2. Freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit.     -   3. Uniform and freely flowering habit.     -   4. Duplex-type inflorescences with obovate-shaped ray florets.     -   5. Orange bronze-colored ray florets.     -   6. Natural season flowering about September 17^(th) in the         Northern Hemisphere.

In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla., plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the female parent selection, in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered 10 to 14 days later         than plants of the female parent selection when grown under         natural season conditions.     -   2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and the female parent         selection differed in ray floret color as plants of the female         parent selection had white-colored ray florets.     -   3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had more disc florets than         plants of the female parent selection.

In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla., plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the male parent, the cultivar Mei Kyo, in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were smaller than plants of         the cultivar Mei Kyo.     -   2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum flowered about one month         earlier than plants of the cultivar Mei Kyo when grown under         natural season conditions.     -   3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had larger inflorescences         than plants of the cultivar Mei Kyo.     -   4. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and the cultivar Mei Kyo         differed in ray floret color as plants of the cultivar Mei Kyo         had pale lavender-colored ray florets.

Plants of the new Chrysanthemum can be compared to plants of the Chrysanthemum cultivar MN95-105-6, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,129. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in Alva, Fla., plants of the new Chrysanthemum differed from plants of the cultivar MN95-105-6 in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum were fuller and more mounded         than plants of the cultivar MN95-105-6.     -   2. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum had smaller inflorescences         with more ray florets than plants of the cultivar MN95-105-6.     -   3. Plants of the new Chrysanthemum and the cultivar MN95-105-6         differed in ray floret color as plants of the cultivar         MN95-105-6 had coral pink-colored ray florets.     -   4. Ray floret color of plants of the new Chrysanthemum did not         fade as quickly as ray floret color of plants of the cultivar         MN95-105-6.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Chrysanthemum. These photographs show the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Chrysanthemum.

The photograph at the bottom of the sheet comprises a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘Warm Yoigloo’.

The photograph at the top of the sheet is a close-up view of typical inflorescences of ‘Warm Yoigloo’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations and measurements describe plants grown in Pendleton, S.C. during the summer in an outdoor nursery and under conditions and practices which approximate those generally used in commercial garden Chrysanthemum production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures averaged 32° C. and night temperatures averaged 21° C. Plants were grown in 20 cm-containers under natural season conditions. Plants used in the photographs and for the description were about four months old. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms or ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Chrysanthemum×morifolium cultivar Warm     Yoigloo. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Proprietary seedling selection of             Chrysanthemum×morifolium identified as code number             95-L464005, not patented.         -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Chrysanthemum×morifolium cultivar             Mei Kyo, not patented. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—Terminal vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots.—About four days at temperatures of             about 21° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant.—About ten to twelve             days at temperatures of about 21° C.         -   Root description.—Fine, fibrous; white in color.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching. -   Plant description:     -   -   Appearance.—Perennial duplex-type garden Chrysanthemum.             Stems upright and outwardly spreading giving a uniformly             mounded appearance to the plant. Freely branching habit,             about ten lateral branches each with multiple secondary and             tertiary branches; pinching is not required; dense and full             plant habit. Strong and vigorous growth habit.         -   Plant height.—About 28 cm.         -   Plant width.—About 59 cm.         -   Lateral branches.—Length: About 28 cm. Diameter: About 8 mm.             Internode length: About 1.5 cm to 2.8 cm. Strength: Strong.             Texture: Pubescent. Color: 148A.         -   Leaves.—Arrangement: Alternate, simple. Length: About             4.2 cm. Width: About 2.8 cm. Apex: Cuspidate to mucronate.             Base: Attenuate. Margin: Palmately lobed, sinuses between             lateral lobes parallel to convergent. Texture, upper and             lower surfaces: Pubescence; veins prominent on lower             surface. Color: Developing and fully expanded foliage, upper             surface: 137A; venation, 138A. Developing and fully expanded             foliage, lower surface: 137C; venation, 138A. Petiole:             Length: About 8 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm. Texture, upper and             lower surfaces: Pubescent. Color, upper and lower surfaces:             147B. -   Inflorescence description:     -   -   Appearance.—Duplex-type inflorescence form with             obovate-shaped ray florets. Inflorescences borne on             terminals above foliage. Disk and ray florets arranged             acropetally on a capitulum. Inflorescences fragrant, typical             of Chrysanthemum.         -   Flowering response.—Under natural season conditions, plants             flower about September 17^(th) in the Northern Hemisphere.         -   Postproduction longevity.—Inflorescences maintain good color             and substance for about four weeks in an outdoor nursery.             Inflorescences persistent.         -   Quantity of inflorescences.—About 103 inflorescences develop             per lateral branch.         -   Inflorescence bud.—Height: About 1.1 cm. Diameter: About             1.4 cm. Shape: Oblate. Color: 171D.         -   Inflorescence size.—Diameter: About 4 cm. Depth (height):             About 1.7 cm. Disc diameter: About 6 mm. Receptacle height:             About 5 mm. Receptacle diameter: About 1.8 cm.         -   Ray florets.—Shape: Obovate. Orientation: Initially upright,             then about 90° from vertical; eventually reflexing. Aspect:             Initially incurved, then mostly flat. Length: About 1.8 cm.             Width: About 4 mm. Apex: Emarginate. Base: Acute. Margin:             Entire. Texture, upper and lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous;             longitudinally ribbed. Number of ray florets per             inflorescence: About 320 arranged in about 19 to 21 whorls.             Color: When opening, upper surface: 173B. When opening,             lower surface: 173D. Fully opened, upper surface: Outer ray             florets, 172D, color becoming closer to 168D with             development; inner ray florets, 173B, towards the apex,             167D. Fully opened, lower surface: 173D.         -   Disc florets.—Shape: Tubular, elongated. Length: About 3 mm.             Diameter: Less than 1 mm. Number of disc florets per             inflorescence: About 154. Color, immature and mature: Apex:             Close to 12A. Mid-section: Close to 12D. Base: Close to 1D.         -   Phyllaries.—Number of phyllaries per inflorescence: About 30             arranged in about five whorls. Length: About 7 mm. Width:             About 3 mm. Shape: Elliptical. Apex: Acute. Base: Truncate.             Texture, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous. Texture, lower             surface: Pubescent. Color, upper surface: Close to 144A.             Color, lower surface: Close to 146B.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 5.8 cm. Diameter: About 1 mm.             Angle: Mostly upright or curving upright. Strength: Strong.             Texture: Pubescent. Color: Close to 194A.         -   Reproductive organs.—Androecium: None observed on disc             florets. Gynoecium: Present on both ray and disc florets.             Pistil length: About 5 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma             color: Close to 7A. Style length: About 3 mm. Style color:             Close to 8B. Ovary color: Close to 157A.         -   Seed/fruit.—Seed and fruit production has not been observed. -   Disease/pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests common to     Chrysanthemums has not been observed on plants grown under     commercial conditions. -   Garden performance: Plants of the new Chrysanthemum have     demonstrated excellent garden performance and will overwinter in     USDA Zones 5 and higher; plants of the new Chrysanthemum have been     observed to tolerate high temperature of about 38° C. 

1. A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Warm Yoigloo’ as illustrated and described. 